Old Master Tai was not angered. He continued to puff on his pipe and replied calmly, "It's not that I, a disabled retired soldier, am so impressive. It's that I have been stationed at the border for many years as a member of the border defense army, defending my country and taking risks. This has given me a spine that will not collapse!
"Although my people are farmers, they are also tough as me. We are all citizens of the Great Wei. We can't just kill anyone for a few words! If anyone is brave enough to try, it's really not certain who will die first!"
"You, you..." The middle-aged man was severely criticized. He really didn't expect that he would lose to an old farmer in a game of words!
Thinking of his father's instructions before he left, he endured it again and again before he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He took out a token from his arms, threw it on the table, and said proudly.
"Take a look at this token, and you won't doubt my identity anymore! Then send your two sons away, I have important instructions!"
The old man only glanced at the token without even picking it up. He replied, "No matter who you are or what your status is, you have nothing to do with our family. Now that I'm old, my sons are the ones who make the decisions at home. If you don't want to talk, just leave now. We won't keep you any food!"
"Zhao Baocheng, you're too presumptuous!" The middle-aged man grabbed the token, his anger overwhelming his fear. He practically roared, "Are you going to default on your debt? Are you going to swallow up our Zhao family's things? You're so bold!"
Old Master Tai frowned and replied in confusion, "What are you talking about? What do you mean by refusing to pay your debts? What do you mean by swallowing up the Zhao family's things? Our Tai family may not be wealthy, but if you ask around within a hundred miles, who wouldn't give us a thumbs-up when it comes to our character and behavior? You can't just open your mouth and spit out shit to discredit us!"
Spreading shit and slandering others?!
The middle-aged man's face turned pale and he cursed, "Old man, stop pretending! My father said that when my uncle passed away, he entrusted our Zhao family's treasure to you! Did you hide it secretly?
"I advise you to hand it over immediately, or don't blame me for being rude! My uncle trusted you so much, and you actually let him down. You are such an ungrateful idiot!"
Old Master Tai was also annoyed, waving his pipe vigorously in his hand, "Bullshit! I, Tai Baocheng, have always valued friendship and loyalty, and I will never be an ungrateful person!
"Tell me clearly, what treasure is it? The general died of his injuries that year, and I didn't even have the chance to kowtow to him. How could he have entrusted anything to me?
"If there was a treasure to be entrusted, how could General Anbang not know about it? Why would he give it to an outsider? He should have given it to me early. Are the brothers guarding the border still afraid that the court would hold them back and delay the delivery of food and weapons?
"Hurry up and tell me. If you can't explain it today, even if the king of heaven comes, I will kill you!"
The middle-aged man was frightened by the furious old man. He was clearly the one collecting the debt, so why was he pushed into the corner and interrogated?
Could it be that the uncle really didn’t entrust the treasure to the Tai family back then?
Or maybe the treasure itself is fake and doesn't exist at all!
At this moment, he was also annoyed. If his father had been more capable back then, why would he be disliked by his uncle? Why would he entrust such an important matter to an outsider?
Old Master Tai seemed impatient to wait for him to figure out his plan and rushed over to him, "Tell me! Did the general really leave behind a treasure?"
Without waiting for the middle-aged man to speak, he changed his mind. "No, this matter should be reported to General Anbang! There are tens of thousands of brothers in the camp. Even if we have to dig three feet deep, we must find the treasure! Then everyone won't have to worry about starving or freezing. Maybe the general will even reward me with some silver!"
After saying this, he called out to his two sons, "Jizu, Jiye, quickly go and tell the tribesmen to take this man and his servants to the border and hand them over to the general!"
Tai Jizu and Tai Jiye were probably afraid that the person would run away, so they didn't go looking for him. Instead, they surrounded him in the corner and wanted to do it themselves!
The middle-aged man was so anxious that he wished he had eight legs. "No, no, I must have heard it wrong. There is no treasure, no! I don't know, not at all!"
As he spoke, he pushed Tai Jizu and Tai Jiye away and ran out desperately.
Perhaps because of his noble status, Tai Jizu and Tai Jiye did not dare to kill him. In a moment of carelessness, he really ran out of the house!
"Go! Run, run!"
The coachman and steward he brought with him were detained in the yard. They were not beaten or scolded, but were just surrounded at most.
After all, the Tai family, young and old, are all ordinary farmers, and no one intends to become a bandit who reaps lives.
When their master suddenly shouted at them like this, the driver and the steward clearly saw the panic and fear on their master's face, and they thought they were really going to lose their lives.
So, the two of them didn't care whether they were in pain or not, and they tried their best to push the villagers away and ran out.
Mr. Tai Sanye and others quickly looked towards the door and saw the old man waving his hand implicitly.
Master Tai San understood and immediately shouted in a bluffing manner, "Don't let them get away! How dare they come to bully our Taijia Village!"
The other villagers were not stupid either. They rushed out like a swarm of bees, shouting as well.
"Catch them!"
"Don't let them get away!"
"Where did this idiot come from? How dare he come to our territory and bully others!"
"Should we report it to the police? He might be a liar!"
The middle-aged man climbed onto the carriage almost using both his hands and feet. The driver whipped the horse on its back, causing the horse to feel pain and raise its hooves to run away.
Unexpectedly, the manager was injured and his hands and feet were not flexible enough, so he had not yet climbed onto the shaft of the cart.
So the carriage in front ran wildly, and the manager behind chased it while howling like ghosts and wolves.
"Wait for me, woo woo, wait for me!"
The villagers followed them to the village entrance and couldn't help laughing when they saw how miserable they looked!
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